The Fifth Grade Book
, by Forte, ImogeneNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780865304550 | 0865304556
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/2000
Introduction | p. 12 |
Skills Checklists | |
Reading Comprehension Skills Checklist | p. 16 |
Words and Vocabulary/Spelling Skills Checklist | p. 17 |
Writing Skills Checklist | p. 18 |
Grammar and Usage Skills Checklist | p. 19 |
U.S. History, Government, and Citizenship Skills Checklist | p. 110 |
Map Skills and Geography Checklist | p. 111 |
Science Skills Checklist | p. 172 |
Problem Solving Skills Checklist | p. 202 |
Computation and Numbers Skills Checklist | p. 203 |
Geometry and Measurement Skills Checklist | p. 204 |
Graphing, Statistics, and Probability Skills Checklist | p. 205 |
Language Arts | p. 15 |
Reading Comprehension Skills Exercises | |
Adventures, Unlimited! (Context - Synonyms and Antonyms) | p. 20 |
Lights Required (Context - Prediction) | p. 22 |
No License Necessary (Context - Generalization) | p. 23 |
Space Mission (Fact and Opinion) | p. 24 |
Tricks on the Slopes (Captions) | p. 25 |
The Mysterious Atlantis (Main Idea) | p. 26 |
Bring Your Axe! (Read for Details - Draw Conclusions) | p. 27 |
Strange Disappearances (Literary Techniques - Figurative Speech) | p. 28 |
Rock into the Past (Read for Details) | p. 29 |
Tracking down Clues (Predictions - Inference) | p. 30 |
A Stomach Dropper (Evaluation) | p. 31 |
Here Comes the Judge (Evaluation) | p. 32 |
Bring a Mask (Character Analysis - Conclusions) | p. 33 |
Meet the Man of la Mancha (Summarize - Conclusions) | p. 34 |
Welcome to Camelot (Information from Illustrations - Incorrect Details) | p. 35 |
Golden Recipes (Sequence - Read for Details) | p. 36 |
It's Great to be Queen (Follow Directions) | p. 37 |
A Sweet Record (Follow Directions) | p. 38 |
The Greatest Cowboy (Personal Response) | p. 39 |
Spelling Skills Exercises | |
Words That Confuse (Frequently Misspelled Words) | p. 40 |
Who's Right? (Identify Correct Spelling) | p. 41 |
The Outstanding, Outrageous O (Words with the Letter O) | p. 42 |
Quartets, Quicksand, and Queens (Words with the Letter Q) | p. 43 |
Wily Words (Words with the Letter Y) | p. 44 |
Extraordinary Words (Words with the Letter X) | p. 45 |
Look-Alike Words (Similar Words) | p. 46 |
Words with Pizzaz (Words with the Letter Z) | p. 47 |
Additions to the Beginning (Words with Prefixes) | p. 48 |
Additions to the End (Words with Suffixes) | p. 49 |
Words and Vocabulary Skills Exercises | |
Bon Voyage! (Denotation and Connotation) | p. 50 |
Words with a Past (Word Histories) | p. 51 |
Little Shop of Opposites (Antonyms) | p. 52 |
Wild Surf (Synonyms) | p. 53 |
Unforgettable! (Roots) | p. 54 |
Stars on the Beach (Multiple Meanings) | p. 55 |
After Dark (Learning New Words) | p. 56 |
Ho, Hum! (Figurative Language) | p. 57 |
Writing Skills Exercises | |
Writing with a Spark (Effective Words) | p. 58 |
Feature Yourself (Effective Sentences) | p. 60 |
Weathered Words (Effective Words and Phrases - Visual Images) | p. 61 |
Better Beginnings (Good Beginnings) | p. 62 |
Good Questions (Effective Questions) | p. 63 |
What Characters! (Characterization) | p. 64 |
Cliff-Hangers (Imaginative Writing) | p. 66 |
Convince Me (Persuasive Writing) | p. 67 |
Coming Alive! (Personification) | p. 68 |
Strange Disappearances (Adapt Writing for Audience) | p. 69 |
Quite by Accident (Sentence Sequence) | p. 70 |
Unsolved Mysteries (Vary Sentence Length) | p. 71 |
Courtroom Impostors (Unrelated Details) | p. 72 |
Lost Headlines (Good Titles) | p. 74 |
Wrapping It Up (Strong Endings) | p. 76 |
Great Choices (Supporting Details) | p. 78 |
Terrible Choices (Supporting Details) | p. 79 |
Grammar and Usage Skills Exercises | |
Where Is Camp Lookout? (Kinds of Sentences) | p. 80 |
Step by Step (Subjects and Predicates) | p. 81 |
Camper Carl's Compound Problem (Simple and Compound Sentences) | p. 82 |
Running out of Control (Fragments and Run-on Sentences) | p. 83 |
The Greenhorns Camp Out (Singular and Plural Nouns) | p. 84 |
A Grand Mess in the Mess Hall (Singular and Plural Nouns) | p. 85 |
Picture the Owner (Singular Possessive Nouns) | p. 86 |
Lost and Found (Plural Possessive Nouns) | p. 87 |
Pack Rats (Subject Pronouns) | p. 88 |
Getting There (Object Pronouns) | p. 89 |
Bear Creek (Future Tense Verbs) | p. 90 |
Irregular Beings (Irregular Verbs) | p. 91 |
Ghost Story (Action Verbs) | p. 92 |
Survival Training (Helping Verbs) | p. 93 |
Wet, Wetter, Wettest (Comparing with Adjectives) | p. 94 |
Camp Field Day (Comparing with Adjectives) | p. 95 |
Meet Billy B. Good (Comparing with Adverbs) | p. 96 |
Getting Nowhere (Negatives) | p. 97 |
Go Fish (Direct Objects) | p. 98 |
Taken by Storm (Homophones) | p. 99 |
Getting the Picture (Homophones) | p. 100 |
Campside Capers (Quotation Marks) | p. 102 |
A Counselor's Midnight Hike (Editing: Punctuation) | p. 103 |
Hello Mother, Hello Father (Editing: Punctuation and Capitalization) | p. 104 |
Treasure Hunt (Editing: Spelling, Punctuation, and Capitalization) | p. 106 |
Social Studies | p. 109 |
U.S History, Government, and Citizenship Skills Exercises | |
Skating into the Past (Overview of Historical Events) | p. 112 |
They Were Here First! (First Americans) | p. 114 |
The Great Explorers (European Explorations) | p. 116 |
Settling Down (Colonization) | p. 117 |
An Important Piece of Paper (Declaration of Independence) | p. 118 |
"The British Are Coming!" (American Revolution) | p. 119 |
Powerful Words (The Preamble) | p. 120 |
The Main Document (U.S. Constitution) | p. 121 |
Separate, but Equal (U.S. Government Structure) | p. 122 |
A Congressional Maze (Legislative Branch) | p. 123 |
"I Do Solemnly Swear" (Executive Branch) | p. 124 |
Order in the Court! (Judicial Branch) | p. 125 |
The Road from Bills to Laws (Bills and Laws) | p. 126 |
13 Originals (Thirteen Colonies) | p. 127 |
10 Bold Statements (Bill of Rights) | p. 128 |
Such a Bargain! (Louisiana Purchase) | p. 130 |
Secrets of the West (Explorers of the West) | p. 131 |
The Big Argument (Slavery and Abolition) | p. 132 |
A Nation Divided (Civil War) | p. 133 |
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags (Reconstruction) | p. 134 |
The Golden Spike (Transcontinental Railroad) | p. 135 |
Machines Replace Muscles (Industrial Revolution) | p. 136 |
The Old West (The Old West) | p. 137 |
Coming to America (Immigrants) | p. 138 |
Into the Recent Past (Twentieth-Century Events) | p. 140 |
The Big Chill (Cold War - Space Race) | p. 141 |
Cruising the Capital (Washington, D.C.) | p. 142 |
Where Did It Happen? (Historical Landmarks) | p. 144 |
When Did It Happen? (Timeline of Major Events) | p. 146 |
Back to the Present (Current Government) | p. 148 |
Mystery VIPs (Famous Americans) | p. 149 |
Map and Geography Skills Exercises | |
We Deliver! (Map Tools and Resources) | p. 150 |
Anything! Anywhere! (Map Tools and Resources) | p. 151 |
Muddy Map Disaster (Map Titles and Labels) | p. 152 |
Watch out for Ghosts! (Map Key) | p. 153 |
A Sundae Delivery (Scale) | p. 154 |
Business Is Booming (Hemispheres) | p. 155 |
Dentist's Nightmare (United States) | p. 156 |
Help Wanted! (Geographic Terms) | p. 158 |
Off to Saddlesore Acres (Using a Grid) | p. 159 |
Ups and Downs (Latitude) | p. 160 |
Where's the Tea? (Longitude) | p. 161 |
Worldwide Pizza Party (Latitude and Longitude) | p. 162 |
For Animals Only (Find Locations) | p. 164 |
Hazards of the Job (Find Information) | p. 165 |
It's about Time! (Time Zone Map) | p. 166 |
The Weirdest Delivery (Make a Map) | p. 168 |
Science | p. 171 |
Science Skills Exercises | |
Fitness Search (Health and Fitness) | p. 173 |
Attack of the "Germ"-inators (Body Defenses) | p. 174 |
Hanging Together (Compounds) | p. 176 |
A Changeable Day (Physical and Chemical Changes) | p. 178 |
A-mazing Matter (States of Matter) | p. 179 |
A Hot Joke (Heat) | p. 180 |
An Electrifying Topic (Electricity) | p. 181 |
A Light Study (Properties of Light) | p. 182 |
Snow Problems (Energy, Force, and Motion) | p. 183 |
It's Out of This World (Solar System) | p. 184 |
Strange Encounters (Space Features) | p. 186 |
A Vacation Paradise? (Earth Processes) | p. 188 |
A Rocky Business (Rocks) | p. 189 |
Everybody Talks about It! (Weather Patterns) | p. 190 |
Ocean Snooping (Oceans) | p. 192 |
Where Would You Find It? (Earth and Space Science Vocabulary) | p. 193 |
Science Challenge (Science Facts) | p. 194 |
Super Science Challenge (Science Facts) | p. 195 |
Definitely Not Trivial (Earth and Space Science Facts) | p. 196 |
Such Odd Stuff (Earth's Features) | p. 197 |
Science Terms | p. 198 |
Math | p. 201 |
Problem Solving Skills Exercises | |
Something's Missing! (Too Little Information) | p. 206 |
More Than Enough (Too Much Information) | p. 207 |
Wild Whitewater Whirl (Choose Correct Equation) | p. 208 |
Sink That Basket (Write Equations to Solve Problems) | p. 209 |
A Slippery Slope (Solve Problems Using a Chart) | p. 210 |
Goal or Not? (Solve Problems Using a Graph) | p. 211 |
Just in Case (Solve Problems with U.S. Customary Measurements) | p. 212 |
Amazing Feet (Solve Problems with Metric Measurements) | p. 213 |
Bruno's Burly Brew (Fractions and Mixed Numerals) | p. 214 |
"Figuring" out Decimals (Solve Problems with Decimals) | p. 215 |
Where's the Food? (Solve Problems with Money) | p. 216 |
Bumps, Bruises, and Breaks (Choose Correct Operation) | p. 217 |
Beach Bag Jumble (Use Formulas to Solve Problems) | p. 218 |
Diamonds, Rings, and Courts (Use Formulas to Solve Problems) | p. 219 |
Hang Ten Percent (Solve Problems with Percent and Fractions) | p. 220 |
"But Coach, Can We Rest Now?" (Solve Problems with Percent) | p. 221 |
Time Out (Solve Problems with Time) | p. 222 |
Rack up the Savings (Solve Problems with Taxes and Discounts) | p. 223 |
Chill Out (Estimate Problem Solutions) | p. 224 |
Fantastic Finishes (Create Diagrams to Solve Problems) | p. 225 |
Criss-Cross Bike Race (Mental Math) | p. 226 |
Hitting the Bricks (Trial and Error) | p. 227 |
Locker Room Logic (Solve Problems with Logic) | p. 228 |
Logical Lineup (Solve Problems with Logic) | p. 229 |
Gridiron Solutions (Find More Than One Solution) | p. 230 |
Just Hanging Around (Choose a Problem-Solving Strategy) | p. 232 |
Practice Makes Perfect (Choose a Problem-Solving Strategy) | p. 233 |
Submerged Solutions (Explain Problem Solutions) | p. 234 |
Hitting Their Stride (Determine Accuracy of Solutions) | p. 236 |
Computation and Numbers Skills Exercises | |
Athletes on Parade (Read and Write Numbers) | p. 237 |
En Guard! (Add and Subtract Whole Numbers) | p. 239 |
The Big Winners (Whole Number Operations) | p. 240 |
Explosive Speeds (Factors) | p. 241 |
No Brakes! (Greatest Common Factors) | p. 242 |
May the Best Sailor Win (Multiply Whole Numbers) | p. 243 |
Fans by the Thousands (Divide Whole Numbers) | p. 244 |
Making It over Hurdles (Whole Number Operations) | p. 245 |
Tourist Attractions (Choose Operations) | p. 246 |
The Right Properties (Properties) | p. 247 |
Watch That Puck! (Fractions as Parts of Sets) | p. 248 |
Over the Net (Compare and Order Fractions) | p. 249 |
Lost! (Compare Fractions) | p. 250 |
Winter Olympic Trivia (Equivalent Fractions) | p. 251 |
The Longest Jumps (Improper Fractions and Mixed Numerals) | p. 252 |
Getting to Venues (Improper Fractions and Mixed Numerals) | p. 253 |
The #1 Sport (Add and Subtract Fractions) | p. 254 |
Through Wild Waters (Divide Fractions) | p. 255 |
A Huge Obstacle Course (Round Decimals) | p. 256 |
Who Wears the Medals? (Add Decimals) | p. 257 |
What's the Cost? (Multiply and Divide Decimals) | p. 258 |
Over the Top (Fractions and Decimals) | p. 259 |
The Dream Team (Fractions and Percents) | p. 260 |
Temperature Counts (Integers) | p. 261 |
Geometry Skills Exercises | |
Signs from the Crowd (Identify Points, Lines, Angles, Rays, and Planes) | p. 262 |
A Plane Mess (Identify Plane Figures) | p. 263 |
Duffel Bag Jumble (Use Formulas to find Perimeter, Area, and Volume) | p. 264 |
The Longest Practices (Measure Time) | p. 265 |
The Great Shape Match-Up (Identify Kinds of Polygons) | p. 266 |
Keeping Busy (Identify Kinds of Quadrilaterals) | p. 267 |
Mirror Images (Identify Symmetrical Figures) | p. 268 |
Out of Order (Recognize Transformations of Plane Figures) | p. 269 |
More or Less? (Compare and Convert U.S. Customary Units) | p. 270 |
Climbing the Wall (Use Metric Units to Measure Length) | p. 271 |
Circles Everywhere You Look (Find Circumference of Circles) | p. 272 |
Sky-High Measurements (Find Area of Plane Figures) | p. 273 |
Pep Rally Measurements (Find Area and Perimeter) | p. 274 |
Hungry Fans (Find Volume with mMetric Units) | p. 275 |
Uniform Confusion (Find Volume with U.S. Customary Units) | p. 276 |
Graphing Skills Exercises | |
Spectacular Bubbles (Read and Interpret Frequency Graph) | p. 278 |
Wonderful Walls (Create a Frequency Graph from Data) | p. 279 |
Enormous Edibles (Find Median, Mode, and Range in Data) | p. 280 |
Incredible Creations (Use Tables of Statistics to Solve Problems) | p. 281 |
Studying to Set Records (Use Graph Information to Solve Problems) | p. 282 |
Dozens of Dancers (Find Locations on a Coordinate Grid) | p. 283 |
Piggy Bank Probabilities (Find Probability) | p. 284 |
Lots and Lots of Litter (Find Probability) | p. 285 |
Walking Tall for New Records (Find Probability) | p. 286 |
Will There Be Light? (Find Odds of an Event) | p. 287 |
The Biggest Drop (Describe Outcomes of Two Events) | p. 288 |
The Biggest Drop (Find Probability of Two Events) | p. 289 |
Carefully Balanced Eggs (Identify Combinations of Sets within Sets) | p. 290 |
A Puzzling Record (Use Sampling to Make Predictions) | p. 291 |
Barrow Racing for Dollars (Use Probability to Solve Problems) | p. 292 |
Appendix | p. 293 |
Language Arts Skills Test | p. 294 |
Reading Comprehension | p. 294 |
Words and Vocabulary | p. 297 |
Spelling | p. 301 |
Grammar and Usage | p. 304 |
Writing | p. 307 |
Social Studies Skills Test | p. 310 |
U.S. History, Government, and Citizenship | p. 310 |
Map Skills and Geography | p. 314 |
p. 317 | |
Math Skills Test | p. 320 |
Problem Solving | p. 320 |
Computation and Numbers | p. 322 |
Geometry and Measurement | p. 324 |
Graphing, Statistics, and Probability | p. 326 |
Skills Test Answer Key | p. 330 |
Skills Exercises Answer Key | p. 334 |
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